Goose call



Aug, 12, 1952 R S- OLT ET'AL 2,606,400

' G0052 CALL Filed Aug. 19, 1946 Patented Aug. 12, 1952 UNITEDNs'rrrrlss PATENT ,OFFICE GOSE CALL Philip S. @itl-Philip E. Olt,-Richardr.. Olt,A and v lArthur E. Olt, Pekin, Ill.; Philip E. Olt,Richard ,.J. lt, and Arthur E. Olt executors of 'hilip S.

0l-t, deceased ypP mpiication August 19, 1946, Serial No, 691,526

(CL .4S-480) goose without-manipulations or ,cupping oi .the hand.

KAnotherobject isto-furnish a cal1whoseparts Mmay be disassembled forcleaning; the construc- Y tion Abeing suchthatn even a novice mayreasvsemblethe parts-withassurancerthat theproper, or-correct tone'willresult in 4`use.

The diiiferenoe'lbetween'-the calls ofa `duck and a gcoseis,of-courseywell known. Upto-the present time-aneinstrument'iorimitating/thecail of.;J the goose -has required"Hthema-nipulationsof the hand ofthe hunter while holding the-instrument,to produce -diierent sound effects in order toas closely as possibleimitatel the vtwo different: tones ofthe cry as distinguished -fromthatof the .one

tone producedV by the ducks Thehimitation of a duels call is provided byan instrument-the'reed of which `vibrates 4for asngletone at all times.Incontrast, the purpose Yherein is to furnish an instrument wherein thereed bears a peculiar relation to v'the other parts therein to the endthattwo tones of-the gooses call will be more faithfully'f'produced thanis possible by other methods.

That the invention may be understood the apn ,t `i pended drawing isprovided `forming parthereof.

Figure l is a longitudinalsection of Ithe complete device-wherein a flator straight reed is shown.

Figure 2 is likewise alongitudinal section of a part thereofshowing the-reed in a flexed'position in use when a high tone is produced.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of thefdevice as viewed from themouth-piece end thereof.

Figure 4 is a transverse section of the device as produced on line 4 4of Figure l.

Figure 5 shows the reed holding section of the device in perspective,and

Figure Gis a longitudinal section of part of the device of Figure 1showing a two part construction as compared with that gure.

Preferably the device is made of hard rubber. 1n the rst four figures ofthe drawing l denotes the main portion of the said device, which isknown as the plug This portion, which in the main is cylindrical, has anextended portion 2 at one end which isfsemicylindrical as best shown inFigures Bandfliand-V provided with a longitudinally extending groove,this latter portion 2, in

this instance, being of less diameter than the portion I creating a face3 on thelatter against which may abut oneend of a tubular mouth piece 4that snugly ts upon both the said extended portion 2 and a projection 5ofthe portion l lying opposite and spaced from said extended portionabout as shown.

Said portion l has aA bore I which opens into the extended portion 2 asaf groove identified at 2', this terminating distant from; the freeextremity of said portion 2 and exposed to the bore of the same and thebore of the mouthpiece 4, It

is observed thatthe portion 2 has an upper sur- Y face 22 which is 'flatwhere it extends `from the portion i, and lies att-substantially thecenter oi thel latter. Upon this flat surface rests one end of a hardrubber reed 6 extending -toward'the free extremity of thenamed portion 2and in this instance parallels the axis ofthe bore i the base or root ofthe reed being spaced from the-projection 5. The reed is maintained inposition by an insert l' of suitable materialsuch, for example, as cork,

t is now to be observed the upper'surface 23 of the extended portion 2of the plug is a dat surface downwardly' directedaway from the iixedbase or root of the reed toward the mouthpiece and toward the yfree endvof said portion 2 and the normally straight'reed is A.suspended freethereof, and spaced above it. p Further, below the thus extended endofthe reed the named portion-Zhas .anupstanding abutment 25 having anabrupt face il which lies at'vright Yangles tothe plane ofthe saidnormally straight reedand also `lying in a transverse direction withrespect to the length of the same, said faceforming afstep from the baseof which "a lower surface l0 may'termi- In Figure 1 the'deviceor'fcallwwith respect to the body portion2 is shown as of a single part.

In Figure 6, however, this structure is shown as of two parts l2 and 23respectively, the latter at its inner end lying in a counter bore 24 ofthe portion I2, any suitable means, such as a screw 4', for example,serving to secure the portions relatively, if desired.

This latter structure thus provides an arrangement by which theinstrument may be readily taken apart for cleaning, on occasion, toinsure that the reed may be unhindered in its ability to vibrate freely.

The groove in the part 2 for passage of air is of a determined form andarea to best serve the purpose in a goose call as determined by thesetting of the reed and the size thereof. In this connection it isimportant that the reed at its free end extend well beyond the face 9,as shown, in order that the air blast may have positive con trol of it.

In some so-called goose calls it is customary to so form the reed thatit curves away from a fiat reed-base to provide proper clearance butduring use said reed will naturally gradually regain its straight orflat form and approach the said reedbase and thereby the instrumentfails in its purpose as a, goose call since in use the proper tone isdestroyed, both the necessary high and low tones being altered, or oneof them lost entirely.

In the present structure the surface Bis downwardly inclined in a iiatsurface away from the root of the reed, and the reed itself is straightand flat, as manufactured, and therefore when mounted foruse never tendsto change its form, and tone changes cannot result throughout the lifeof the instrument, there being no change in form except by air movementsproduced at the mouthpiece The space between the surface 8 and theadjacent face of the reed, when the latter is in repose, being in thenature of a dihedral angle opening toward said inlet.

The instrument requires no cupping of the hand of the hunter in any wayto provide changes in the tone since the proper tone is provided in theinstrument itself, the degree of air movement giving the needed her-ronkof the wild goose.

The provision of the step or face 3 is an imv portant advancement in agoose call as distinguished from other instruments in that the air inmoving through the mouth piece li in striking said face is deiiectedupon and beneath the extended overhanging end of the reed causing thesaid reed to vibrate at moderate frequency to thereby produce a lowtone. As the velocity of the air is increased the reed becomes archedabout as shown in Figure 2, where it will vibrate, at a higherfrequency, the different air velocities giving the her-ronk as therequired perfect imitation.

This result is occasioned from the fact that the air blast is somewhatimprisoned in the cavity of the mouthpiece above thereed, the pressureof which iinally depresses the reed until it reduces the iow of theblast moving beneath it, the thin terminal note being occasioned as thereed has light contact with the corner of the step at 9, and stilivibrating.

The abruptness of diversion of the air blast provided by said step orface S is thus the controlling factor in the effect upon the reed in thepeculiar tone production. As the blast of air through the mouthpiece issomewhat diminished the reed moves down upon the dat surface 8throughout, which, of course, includes the upstanding abutment or step25 having the abrupt face 9, whereupon the said reed sets up a thinwheezy sound, it may be said, as the terminal note corresponding to theterminal note peculiar to the goose.

Naturally slight changes in the structure may be made but such as'mayfall within the invention and the claims thereto.

We claim:

l. In a goose call, a barrel having a bore therethrough and an air inletand an air outlet, a tubular member positioned with said outlet, anormally flat reed positioned longitudinally within said barrel andhaving one end iixed in said tubular member, and closure means sealingthe bore of said tubular member against air flow on one side of saidreed, said tubular member including a portion extending toward the inletend of said barrel and positioned on the side of said reed opposite saidclosure means, said portion presenting a fiat face exposed in the boreof said barrel and slanting from the xed end of said reed toward thewall of said bore to form with said reed an acute dihedral angle openingtoward said inlet, said fiat face having a longitudinal groovecommunicating with the bore of said tubular member and a transverseabutment closing said groove and presenting a flat face exposed towardsaid inlet, said reed extending toward said inlet to terminate in a freeend portion extending beyond and overhanging said. abutment.

2. In a goose call of the type comprising a barrel having a boretherethrough and an air inlet and an air outlet, a normally flat reedpositioned within said barrel and xed only at its end nearest saidoutlet, and means restricting the flow of air through said bore to apath along one face of said reed, the combination of a member positionedwithin said bore on said one side of said reed and presenting a flatface disposed longitudinally of the bore of said barrel and arranged toform with said reed an acute dihedral angle opening toward said inlet,said iiat face having a longitudinal groove to allow ilow of air pastsaid reed, and an abutment arranged transversely of said barrel to closethe end of said groove nearest said inlet, said abutment presenting aflat face lying at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said boreand exposed toward said inlet, the free end of said reed extendingbeyond and overhanging said abutment.

PHILIP S. OLT. PHILIP E. OLT. RICHARD J. OLT. ARTHUR E. OLT.

REFERENCES CETED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date '795,493 Ditto July 25, 19051,484,148 Olt Feb. 19, 1924 2,296,785 Hoeiiich Sept. 22, 1942 2,396,359Yager Mar. l2, i946

